Almond milk, cow’s milk and water are all that our 1st drinks now at 2 1/2 – with 1 or 2 small cups of watered down (1/2 and 1/2) organic apple juice. Thankfully he loves water and gets plenty of that, I’m kind of like the water police around our house with the bigs and littles. All from a, ‘big boy’ cup that he drinks from on the spot and is then done with it.

Some benefits from introducing a sippy cup to babies are that they help prevent tooth decay, (so long as you avoid frequent and prolonged use of them), promote hand-eye coordination and improve a babies independence. Little Abby gets quite pleased with herself when drinking from a sippy. Adorable.

We started out with a BPA free sippy with a soft spout, rather than the hard plastic ones with little handles that she loves to grasp on to. Granted it’s as much of a toy as it is a drinking vessel. Which means drink, drink, drink, drop, floor, smash. Or drink, bang, drink, bang, drink, catapult. Such as life with baby.

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